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[David Weir]

Adam Hupe wrote:
  They have been asking outrageous
> prices for everything including $95,000.00 for a supposed pairing to NWA 
> 011/2400 and $300,000.00 for an untested Martian rock. 

Dear Adam,

You don't suppose this price for a NWA 011 pairing might have anything 
to do with you, do you? After all, it was you who interfered in a deal 
between myself, Al Lang, and Serge Afanisiev that I had researched for 
two years prior to Tucson 2003 and arranged for Al to make a deal for 
the filings that Serge said he had available. This was all long before 
you took up your short-lived "partnership" with Al. I'm sure you have a 
different take on things, but I will always feel that you turned around 
and bought the NWA 011 filings out from under Al, not letting him 
complete the deal in his intelligent way with his longtime friend.

Then you sold the material at auction, and thereafter, for several 
hundred dollars per MILLIGRAM. Gee, thanks for making sure the price of 
this material stays reasonable for us collectors. In my opinion you have 
no right to complain about the high pricing of this material, and you 
should be proud of yourself that the paired find NWA 2400 was also being 
offered at $3000/g by Terry Boswell and his "partner in crime" Ron 
Farrell. Perhaps this new pairing will also be consistent with the high 
prices that YOU initiated. Thanks again. You should have stayed out of 
this deal of mine and Al Lang's and most likely we wouldn't be seeing 
these exorbitant prices for this unique basaltic eucrite-like meteorite. 
Hey, and thanks for the free milligram of NWA 011 you gave me rather 
than, say, 4 milligrams... after all, it was MY initiation (with due 
credit to Norbert Classen who helped in the search for this material).

Okay, I'm over it. Have a great day Adam.

Love,
David